Politics & Government
Lazarus House Earns $18K Grant From Geneva Mental Health Board
The Geneva Mental Health Board recently awarded $200,000 to 13 nonprofit agencies in the area to support their services amid the pandemic.
ST. CHARLES, IL — The Lazarus House shelter in St. Charles is set to receive an $18,100 from the Geneva Mental Health Board, with the money to support its critical services to local homeless residents.
The board is a group of Geneva residents tasked with caring for the mental well-being of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, mental illness or substance abuse.
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Thirteen Kane County nonprofits that serve Geneva residents submitted applications in the fall for funding from the Geneva Mental Health Board. Those organizations are set to share $200,000, about $40,000 short of the total amount requested, according to Suzy Shogren, who chairs the board.
Five Geneva-based organizations will split about $55,000 of that funding, with three Aurora-based organizations to share about $48,000, Shogren revealed during the Geneva City Council’s Dec. 7 meeting.
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The Ecker Center for Behavioral Health in Elgin is set to receive $38,100, the Lighthouse Foundation will get $21,100, and two Batavia-based nonprofits will split $19,200.
The coronavirus pandemic has fueled a surge in demand for mental health services from Kane County providers, along with a slew of unplanned expenses for most of 2020, Geneva Mental Health Board member Christine Kautz said.
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Many nonprofits have also had to cut their budgets, making it harder to provide services at a time when they are most needed, Kautz said.
More than a quarter of adults in the U.S. reported having unmet mental health needs in the past year amid the coronavirus pandemic, Shogren said.
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